Necktie.



H. HAGEN.

NEOKTIE. APPLICATION FILED we. 27,1s0a.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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HENRY HAGEN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed August 27, 1908. Serial No. 450,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HAGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in neckties, and more particularly to neckties of that type in which a metallic or other suitable foundation or frame is provided over which a piece or pieces of ribbon, silk or cloth are folded and fashioned to produce the desired effect and clamped in place by the rame.

The primary object of my invention is to simplify the frame and to so arrange the parts thereof that any piece of cloth or ribbon of certain dimensions can be utilized to make up a tie, and can be quickly removed from the frame when soiled and replaced by another piece of cloth or ribbon.

Another object is the provision of means whereby the tie is held against swinging or lateral displacement on the collar-button acting in conjunction with the frame to obviate such displacement.

With these and other objects in view to be hereinafter described, the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claim.

In the drawings in which similar letters of reference refer to similar parts,Figure 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a tie constructed according to my invention, the same being secured to a collar. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the upper portion of a tie. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on line 55, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the collar-button formlng part of my invention. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one member of the foundation or frame. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the other member of the foundation or frame.

The reference letter A designates a portion of a shirt, B a portion of a collar, C the up er ortion of my improved tie and D the col arutton.

The tie consists of a foundation or frame comprising two members, one of which may be termed a forming-member, lettered E, and the other a clamping member or plate, lettered F. The forming-member is preferably formed of a piece of tin or other thin material and is shaped to the form the finished tie is to partake. For this reason it is tapered toward its lower end and has two marginal side flanges G and one or more lips or extensions H, preferably two tapered extensions separated by a V-shaped notch I. Said forming member is also provided with an opening J, for a purpose to appear hereinafter. Secured to the front of said formingmember is a pad K curved both lengthwise and crosswise to form a convex surface over which a piece of ribbon or cloth L is placed. This pad gives the ribbon or cloth a puffed effect and the tie the finished appearance. The pad is sewed to the forming-member by passing the thread through small apertures M therein, as shown in Fig. 7, but it may be glued to said member or otherwise fastened.

The clamping-member or plate F is made of a flat piece of tin or other suitable metal and is tapered downward to correspond with the general shape of the forming member; it, however, is smaller than said forming-member so that it fits with some play between the side flanges G of the forming member so that the lips or extensions H on the latter can be bent over the upper edge of said plate.

The piece of ribbon or cloth used to face the foundation or frame must be of a width to extend around the sides of the formingmember and beyond the edges of the side flanges G, and in order to give the tie the appearance of a factory-made tie, the ribbon or cloth is folded upon itself, as at N, Figs. 1, 3 and 5. This ribbon or cloth should also extend up beyond the edges of the lips or extensions H. After the ribbon or cloth is folded and placed over the forming-member with the marginal portions extending over and around the flanges G and the lips or extensions H, the clamping-member or plate F is placed against the rear face of the formingmember with the side marginal portions of the ribbon or cloth between the two; the covered side flanges G are then bent inward over the side marginal portions of the clamping member or plate; after which the ribbon or cloth is folded around the lips or extensions H, and the latter thus covered are bent over the upper portion of said clampingmember or plate. In this manner a complete tie is formed which has the appearance of one made by experienced hands, and by constructing the foundation or frame of a good quality of material, the flanges G and lips or extensions H may be bent back and forth a great number of times Without weakening them or causing them to be broken away; and, therefore, a different piece of ribbon or cloth may be applied to the same as often as desired. Small pieces of ribbon, silk or other cloth not otherwise of value may be used to good advantage, and, if desired, two pieces of cloth may be overlapped where the fold N is shown in the drawings.

Two fly-pieces are usually employed in ties of the type herein shown, and when this is desired, a piece of ribbon or cloth 0 may be clamped between the lower ends of the clamping-member or plate and the formingmember, as shown at P, lig. 3. In order to prevent the ribbon or cloth being pulled out of place, the clamping-member or plate is illdented at several places, as at It, to form teats S on the inner side thereof, which grip the ribbon or cloth in a secure manner.

'1 he clamping-member or plate has a button-hole T therein, in the form of a slot having a circular enlargement t at its lower end, through which enlargement the head of the button D is passed and when the tie is drawn down upon the collar, the shank of said button enters the narrow upper portion of said button-hole. As there is only a slight space between the clamping-member or plate and the forming-member, the opening J in the latter provides the necessary space for the head of the button.

In order to prevent turning of the button in the shirt band and collar and the turning of the tie on the button, the shank of the latter has two fiat ortions V and W which are arranged at rig t-angles to each other, the ortion V being passed through the button oles in the shirt-band and collar while the portion W is held in the narrow upper portion of the button-hole in the clampingmember or plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A necktie comprising a padded formingmember having an opening, rearwardly-extending side flanges and a lip or extension at its upper end, a covering facing said formingmember and having its marginal portions folded around said lip or extension and around said flanges, and a clamping-plate between said flanges to engage the marginal portions of said covering and having a button-hole in registration with the opening in said forming-member, said lip or extension andsaid flanges being bent over said clamping-plate with the covering between the two.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY HAGEN.

Witnesses:

ELLA C. PLUECKHAHN, CHRIST FEINLE, Jr. 

